At this time, all the doors of the house are open, because the house is not yet warm outside, so that the winter sun can bask in the house and let in some heat.

The children didn't come out to play anymore, they didn't get up in the bed, and they started a war of words. Just waiting for the meal to be ready, a meal of broom pimples beat them up.

But at this time, Han Xing's troops had already begun to act, Zhang Xiaosan dispatched the guard battalion, Han Xing led the Shang Boss, Shang Auntie, and Wu Xiaoming's platoon, which had already entered the aunt's house of the Shang Boss in Xiaohuangzhuang, waiting for Xu Guanwu's arrival.

Xu Guanwu is not a fool, he has already arranged for his troops to stand by in Caitun Town, and he will attack as soon as there is any movement, and he himself entered Xiaohuangzhuang with dozens of personal guards, scattering people all the way. When he entered the house of the eldest aunt of Shang, although there were only a few people, they were also his most elite guards, and the barge guns were all open and ready to be fired at any time.

When she entered Boss Shang's aunt's house, Aunt Shang greeted her and shouted on tiptoe: "Little Fifth Son, the county magistrate Han has already arrived!" I've been waiting for you for a long time. Xu Guanwu said enthusiastically to Aunt Shang: "Godmother is here!" If you are young, you will worry, and when you grow up, you will still be worried about the elderly! ”

"Who made me your godmother, ten fingers, it hurts to poke any one."

Boss Shang also said to Xu Guanwu: "I'll make tea for you." Let's get down to business, and we'll go aside. ”

After Shang Boss finished speaking, he glanced at a few "idlers", and they all withdrew.

There were only two people left in the room, Han Xing and Xu Guanwu. On Han Xing's side, Wu Xiaoming on the left and Li Dazhong on the right, he was really thin and powerful, full of uniforms, and majestic on all sides. The two guards led by Zhang Xiushan, the captain of the guard beside Xu Guanwu, were also neat, their eyes flashed, and their right hands wanted to pull out their guns from time to time.

Han Xing first said: "I haven't seen you for many days, I have been looking up for a long time!" Long admiration! ”

Xu Guanwu also hurriedly said: "I really miss it, fortunately!" Fortunately! ”

Han Xing glanced at these guards and said, "Let's say a few words of confidant, do these people all quit." ”

Xu Guanwu glanced at Zhang Xiushan and said, "You all go outside the house, I'll have a few words with Commander Han." ”

Zhang Xiushan glanced at Xu Guanwu and reluctantly led the two guards out. Li Dazhong was also a little reluctant, glanced at Han Xing, to see if Han Xing had any intention of changing the order, and seeing that Han Xing did not change his words again, he had no choice but to go out with Wu Xiaoming pouting.

When he went out, Li Dazhong deliberately bumped Zhang Xiushan on the arm, tried his skills, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the ground is uneven." ”

Zhang Xiushan was also taken aback, this strong man was still quite strong, and his arm hurt when he hit him.

There were only two people left in the room, Han Xing and Xu Guanwu, and Han Xing said to him: "Captain Xu, how are you doing lately?" ”

Xu Guanwu said without yin or yang: "It's okay, eat enough, sleep well, two big buns for a meal, and a big bowl of vegetables." ”

Han Xing smiled coldly in his heart and said to Xu Guanwu: "Chiping was liberated, didn't you hear the news." Chiping is liberated, can Wuping and Caitun still be able to hold on? ”

Xu Guanwu was weak in his heart, but he said with a tough appearance: "What does Chiping have to do with us?" Wuping and Caitun, the city is strong and deep, the fortifications are complete, afraid of a ball? ”

It's really a hard-boiled duck with a hard beak. Han Xing said to him unhurriedly, "Now, why don't we have an offensive and defensive battle?" ”

"Fight, fight, who am I afraid of?" Xu Guanwu believes that the more you are weak, the more you have to hold up your chest, or you will be bullied.

"That's good," Han Xing said, "I'll attack you and defend it, and see who has beaten whom?" ”

Xu Guanwu shouted: "I have a deer and a deep trench? ”

"I have a large number of explosives and grenades. ”

Xu Guanwu thought about it, no matter how dense the deer wall is, no matter how deep the trench is, it really can't stop the bombardment of explosives and grenades, and he lost this battle. Xu Guanwu said again: "I have a blockhouse and a high city wall? ”

"I have howitzers, explosives and ladders. ”

Xu Guanwu thought about it, no matter how strong the bunker is, no matter how high the city wall is, it can't block the bombardment of howitzers, plus the help of explosives and ladders. It seems that this trick itself has failed again.

Xu Guanwu said: "There are secret passages, complete fortifications and countless commanding heights in my stronghold. ”

Han Xing smiled and said, "You fortress battle, I can be considered a teacher no matter what!" I have a guide who knows your layout and the secret passages. ”

Xu Guanwu was taken aback, he was afraid that there would be a mole, no matter how exquisitely his secret passage was built, if someone poked out these secrets, it would be worthless. Who are the moles in Caitun? Where to look! Especially at this time, I am afraid that there are many people who are asking for merit and rewards from the Eight Roads!

Counting on the fortress battle, it seems that he has made another mistake.

In fact, Han Xing is bluffing him! The soldiers are not tired of deceit, put an empty cannon, how does Xu Guanwu know if it is true or false.

The two of them calculated the war again, although it was on paper, but Xu Guanwu still felt that he had failed, his head drooped, his eyes were gone, and what was waiting for his fate was only to be caught by the Eighth Road, and what to do with the Eighth Road.

Xu Guanwu thought about it for a while, but he didn't think of his way out, so he had to ask Han Xing: "Commander Han, can I still be saved?" ”

Han Xing said to him, "There is still a way. You yourself understand that if you surrender after defeat, the cucumber dish will be cold. Old friends, to be honest, if it really comes into the hands of the common people, I can't look at it! If you kill so many people, will the people let you go? Also, can these family members of yours be saved, we also said that they are not at home, can their relatives manage the anti-family you killed!? ”

Xu Guanwuyi heard that even if he surrendered, it would be difficult to escape his life, the more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and a basin of cold water was splashed down, cold from head to heel. He suffered the sins he had done, but it was too wronged for his family members to die with him, and he didn't want to affect his family.

Xu Guanwu looked at Han Xing almost with a pleading gaze and said, "Commander Han, think about it again, don't I have a way to live?" Special for my dependents? ”

Han Xing thought for a while and said, "So far, the last plan of the thirty-six plans is to go ahead." ”

Xu Guanwu's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of vitality, and he said gloomily: "Let me think about it, think about it, think about it......"

Three days later, Xu Guanwu took his wife and children, as well as a few of Zhang Xiushan's cronies, and quietly fled to Jinan in a carriage at night.

After Xu Guanwu left, there was really no leader in the Caitun stronghold, and the camp was chaotic. As soon as the soldiers saw that Xu Guanwu had run away, what kind of strength did we still have, deserted, and those who were ready to run home and not do it became more and more numerous. The remaining recalcitrant soldiers also complained bitterly, crying for their father and mother, and losing their fighting spirit.

It was only a matter of time before the Caitun stronghold was broken.

In addition, all the units participating in the Liaobo Battle were assembled on December 26 to make pre-war preparations. On December 31, the Second Column issued an operational order for the Battle of Liaobo. The specific deployment is:

The Fifth Brigade and a regiment of the First Army Division of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan rushed to Liaocheng. The main force of the Sixth Brigade rushed to Boping, and sent a section to cooperate with the 35th Regiment of the First Army Division in southern Hebei to besiege the melon garden in the south of the city and Houjiazhuang in the west of the city, and then swept Yangguantun, Dafanzhuang, Guozhuang and other strongholds to the northwest.

The 4th Brigade rushed to attack Maozhuang, Huayuan, Shuangmiao and other strongholds west of the Boping Gaotang Highway, and captured Luozhuang to cut off the enemy's north-south connection. The troops of the First Army of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan attacked from east to west, first capturing Zhaozhuang, Chengzhuang, Jiaozhuang and other strongholds. The troops of the 1st and 4th armies in southern Hebei attacked the enemy's strongholds on the first line of Jiazhai, Liangdaokou, Dingzhuang, Liuzhuang, and Caitun from the northwest.

The sub-divisional troops of the Second Army in southern Hebei attacked Li Minghuanzhuang and Yuzhuang from the north, and after succeeding, they advanced in the direction of Zhifangtou and Xuguantun, and prepared to intercept the enemy who fled from the territory of Boping.

The campaign began at 24 o'clock on January 2, 1946 and was expected to last between 20 days and a month.

On 2 January, when the 5th and 6th Brigades began to attack Liaobo, the 4th Brigade, under the leadership of brigade commander Kong Qingde and political commissar Liu Minghui, also set out from Yangzhuang in the west of Wuping County at 3 p.m. and adopted long-distance means of running straight to Huayuan, Maozhuang, Shuangmiao, Luozhuang and other strongholds.

The operational intention of the Fourth Brigade was to first clear the outlying strongholds of Luozhuang, and then concentrate on annihilating the enemy in Luozhuang. The deployment of troops was to use all the 12th Regiment and one battalion of the 11th Regiment to go to the garden as a springboard for attacking Luozhuang, and to use the 10th Regiment to capture the enemy at Shuangmiao and Maozhuang to cut off the contact between the enemies in Wuping, Luozhuang, and Liangdaokou. Two other battalions of the 11th Regiment served as reserves.

After Han Xing learned the news of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Wuping County in the Caitun area, he immediately led his troops over, and happened to meet the Fourth Brigade assembled in Yangzhuang.

After Han Xing met Brigadier Kong Qingde, the two of them also warmly hugged and poured out their hearts. It turned out that after the merger of the new 8th Brigade and the 3rd Division of Southern Hebei, Zhang Weihan was the commander and Kong Qingde was the deputy commander, and Kong Qingde was later transferred to the 2nd Column as the commander of the 4th Brigade.

There are some things about Han Xing, how can Kong Qingde not know! He was worried about the unfamiliar terrain in the Luozhuang area, and with Han Xing's help, it was much easier. Kong Qingde said happily: "The strong dragon can't suppress the ground snake, with your Commander Han here, it will be much easier." ”

Han Xing said embarrassedly: "What kind of commander am I, under your hands, I am a soldier." ”

Kong Qingde happily patted Han Xing's shoulder and said, "The commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army is none other than you. Originally, I also thought that the Southern Hebei Military Division, the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Divisions participated in the Liaobo Campaign, but why didn't the 3rd Division participate. Now it's okay, the troops in the three-part area have also arrived, and they are all gone. ”

Han Xing said to Brigadier Kong Qingde: "I have a guard battalion and an artillery company, so I will ask Brigadier Kong to assign tasks, right?" ”

Kong Qingde said to Han Xing: "Please be a guide for our brigade." You stay by my side, and when you have something, you can give me a lot of advice! ”